J K Forest Dept's crackdown on encroachers in Jammu

The Jammu and Kashmir Forest Department Saturday launched an anti-encroachment drive in forest areas of this division and retrieved over four acres of prime land.

The land was retrieved from encroachers -- Babu Din, Naayat Ali and Kasam Din -- in compartment number 50 of the Bajalata forest block, a senior official said.

The operation was carried out successfully despite resistance from the encroachers, he said.

In an another anti-encroachment operation, a forest team dismantled an illegal tin shed constructed on National Highway near the Batra Hospital by one Mohd Asgar of Sidhra here, he said.